‘Women aren’t afraid to do that and learn the lessons of their success – or failure.’ These pioneers could even be changing the way the economy works.

‘People talk about the death of manufacturing in this countrybut, while we don’t make so many big things, if you look at the sheer quantity of the quilts that my nan turns out, she is a factory in her own right!’

Revolutionary Arts founder Dan Thompson is talking about why women are leading the pop up revolution in this month’s Handmade Living.